Microplastics are a global environmental problem that travels through the food chain and ends up on our plates. Around a third of these tiny particles are caused by worn tyres when the debris is washed into sewers by rainwater. Because sewage...
The 2017 African Marine Waste Conference took place in Port Elizabeth recently, and was attended by about 200 delegates from nine African states and a further ten countries from other continents. Managed by the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) under...
Mangrove swamps normally team with life, as small scuttling things make their homes in underground holes and in among thick plant roots. However, when marine scientist Dr Brent Newman visited Durban harbour recently, he was surprised to find not a...
The recently released Natural Capital Protocol promises to give business a new appreciation of the ecosystem services on which they rely. According to Paul Jorgensen, environmental scientist at SRK Consulting in South Africa, the protocol offers a...
